Presented by the Teen Docent Program at the American Folk Art Museum. Educational programs are sponsored in part by the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust, the Ferriday Fund Charitable Trust, the Leir Charitable Foundations, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Education programs at the Folk Art Annex are sponsored in part by the Deutsche Bank Americans Foundation.

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About the Teen Docent Program

The Teen Docent Program at the American Folk Art Museum teaches NYC high school students about the museum’s collections as well as careers in the arts through extended observation of exhibitions, hands-on activities, in-depth conversations, private curatorial tours, panel discussions, artist talks, and exchanges with other museum teen councils. Students gain public speaking and research skills, as well as work collaboratively to design their own tours of the museum based upon themes they develop together. Teen docent graduates are eligible to apply for paid summer jobs at the American Folk Art Museum, leading camp programs in the galleries.